Death
Fr. Aloysius C. Galvin died of cancer in the Jesuit community of Georgetown Preparatory School on November 23, 2007, at the age of 82. His funeral was held at the Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel at Georgetown Prep on November 26; he was buried at the Woodstock Seminary cemetery in Woodstock, Maryland on November 27.
Galvin was survived by his brother John Galvin III and sister Ella Galvin O'Conor.
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